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UNODC-NAUSS’s brief on ‘The Evolution of the Synthetic Drug Market in the Arab Countries’ reveals how crackdowns are disrupting the captagon trade and driving a shift to other new synthetics

by AdrianaAMLP | Dec 22, 2025

The joint UNODC and Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) research examines recent changes in synthetic drug markets across Arab countries, noting that intensified interdictions and dismantling of large clandestine production sites have reduced captagon...

Europol coordinates high-impact operations against transatlantic cocaine supply networks, seizing 1.6 tonnes of cocaine, €1.5M+ in assets, and dismantling supply chains from South America to Europe

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Dec 17, 2025

Actions included the arrest of a Dutch-led network linked to Colombian traffickers, the disruption of a Brazilian maritime operation using modified fishing vessels via West Africa, and the interception of a Greek at-sea transfer network, resulting in dozens of...

OFAC sanctions a ML network linked to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, freezing its assets and blocking U.S. financial access to disrupt its shell companies and illicit funding channels

by AdrianaAMLP | Dec 16, 2025

OFAC designates multiple individuals and associated entities, including Venezuelan entertainers and business fronts, for providing material support to the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organisation and laundering illicit proceeds under Executive Order 13224’s...

NCA’s Operation Venetic uncovers an organised crime group member’s role in a North East England cocaine plot, underscoring a decisive crackdown on serious drug trafficking

by AdrianaAMLP | Dec 12, 2025

The defendant, linked to an organised crime group using the encrypted EncroChat platform, admitted conspiring to supply multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine after NCA analysis of encrypted messages revealed his role in coordinating drug movements and payments. The...

U.S Treasury targets Maduro-linked insiders and shipping firms in Venezuela’s oil sector, freezing assets and blocking transactions to cut off illicit financial support

by AdrianaAMLP | Dec 11, 2025

OFAC designates three nephews of Maduro’s wife, a Venezuelan oil-sector official, a businessman with regime ties, and six shipping companies and associated vessels for their role in facilitating illicit oil shipments and financial support for the Maduro government....

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UNODC-NAUSS’s brief on ‘The Evolution of the Synthetic Drug Market in the Arab Countries’ reveals how crackdowns are disrupting the captagon trade and driving a shift to other new synthetics

Europol coordinates high-impact operations against transatlantic cocaine supply networks, seizing 1.6 tonnes of cocaine, €1.5M+ in assets, and dismantling supply chains from South America to Europe

OFAC sanctions a ML network linked to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, freezing its assets and blocking U.S. financial access to disrupt its shell companies and illicit funding channels

NCA’s Operation Venetic uncovers an organised crime group member’s role in a North East England cocaine plot, underscoring a decisive crackdown on serious drug trafficking

U.S Treasury targets Maduro-linked insiders and shipping firms in Venezuela’s oil sector, freezing assets and blocking transactions to cut off illicit financial support

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UNODC-NAUSS’s brief on ‘The Evolution of the Synthetic Drug Market in the Arab Countries’ reveals how crackdowns are disrupting the captagon trade and driving a shift to other new synthetics

Europol coordinates high-impact operations against transatlantic cocaine supply networks, seizing 1.6 tonnes of cocaine, €1.5M+ in assets, and dismantling supply chains from South America to Europe

OFAC sanctions a ML network linked to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, freezing its assets and blocking U.S. financial access to disrupt its shell companies and illicit funding channels

NCA’s Operation Venetic uncovers an organised crime group member’s role in a North East England cocaine plot, underscoring a decisive crackdown on serious drug trafficking

U.S Treasury targets Maduro-linked insiders and shipping firms in Venezuela’s oil sector, freezing assets and blocking transactions to cut off illicit financial support

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Europol coordinates high-impact operations against transatlantic cocaine supply networks, seizing 1.6 tonnes of cocaine, €1.5M+ in assets, and dismantling supply chains from South America to Europe